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Kat and I are enjoying a mild Pennsylvania summer. For most of the past two weeks we have camped at Penn Wood Airstream Campground near Clarion. It’s a quiet, lovely setting amid a meadow with a clear creek running alongside. They have full hookups, good wifi, showers and a laundry that’s only one greenback (no […]

Once again we have returned to Kentucky for a spell of hard work and financial rehab. The air conditioning is now fully functional across the street at Amazon, which with all these sunny, 90 degree days, has likely already saved jobs, maybe even a life. (Amazon caught some terrible press in another state a few […]

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So what will we dine on today? I found some nice lox, and will use some of it in deviled eggs with capers and sour cream, and the rest on sesame cracker canapés with Boursin Chives cheese. The skies will clear this afternoon, and after a late lunch, the trio will take a short walk around the campground. We’ll return ready for dessert.

The highlight of C’ville’s history occurred in 1864 when elements of the Confederate Army burned the county courthouse which Union troops had occupied as a barracks. The bluecoats must have all been up in Lebanon at the nearest liquor store….